box them in, use the power of the presidency. the question is has he built a new set of skills and tools that he'll use, and i think we're going to see in the next couple months. it's a big time for him. david, both in your book and in a recent op-ed piece, you asked the question what really drives them? what is the -- is that right -- give us a -- i mean, that seems to be the theme of the book. what is driving this guy, and it's a bit of an open question. what do you think you are seeing now as the driving motivations? >> well, i wrote about this last week in terms of the second term, and i think the drive now is greatness. i think he has the opportunity for that. that doesn't mean he'll reach it, but, you know, even as the second term often creates unexpected problems and a lame duck atmosphere that can devolve, couldn't have had the chance of greatness without the second term, and i think that as you watched him in the first term, as ron and john captured, he was in a learning process. there's many times in that period where h